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' (7 0` G 0 'I -, //JL:7 CONTRACT Vo DELIVER CbAtg bIBRALTAR AND IN TUE 'WEST INDIES. Commissariat Department, Treasury Chambers, Nov. 15, 1826. 4 . Q UCH Persons as are desirous of Contracting with i r •-. 7 the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, to deliver COALS at GIBRALTAR, RARBADOES, and. TRINIDAD, may re ceive. Particulars of the Contracts at this Office, between the hours of Ten and Four, and deliver their Tenders, sealed up and directed to the Agent for Commissariat Supplies, marking there. on " Tender for Coals ;" on or before Thursday, the 80th inst. ; but none will be received after Twelvik o'Clock on that day ; nor will any Proposal he noticed, unless made on, or annexed to, a printed Particular, 'and the prices inserted in words at length ; mor unless a Letter be subjoined to such Proposal, signed by Two Persons of known property, engaging to become bound with the party tendering, in the sum expressed in the Particulars for the due performance of the Contract. VICTUALLING-OFFICE, Nonsense. 18, 1826. T HE Conitnissiouers for Victualling His Majesty's Navy, &c. do hereby give Notice, that on Tursnay, the 21at inst., they will be ready to receive Tenders is writing (sealed up), and treat for the supply of the under-mentioned quantities of Provisions, viz.:— Thirty-five Tons of VIM BLACK SMYRNA RAISINS. Fear Hundred Quarters of KILN DRIED PEASE. Fifteen Tons of NEW OATMEAL. Thirty Tons of COCOA. Eight Hundred Sack. of BISCUIT MEAL, and Fifty Thousand Gallons of WEST INDIA RUM. ' The whole to be delivered into his Majesty's Victualling Stores at Deptford, by the 2EO of December next. Slemples of the Raisins and *cos, of not less than three. Pounds each, and of the Pease aud Oatmeal, of not leas than two luarts each, must be produced with the Tender. "The Conditions of the Contracts toit be seen at this Office. Each Tender must specify the price is words at length, and be sriellvered before One o'Clock addle day appointed ; and the Per-. roit who makes the Tender,. or some Person on his behalf, must attend to answer when called for. .. M. WALLER CLIFTON. BRITISH INSTITUTION, PALL MALL. E GALLERY continues open, with the -11- COLLECTION of PICTURES frinn CARLTON PA LACE, which HIS MAJESTY has been graciously pleated to allow the Directors to Exhibit. AdMittance (from Ten till Five), h.—Catalogue, Is. WILLIAM BARNARD, Keeper. l'hie day was published, in one Vol. Svo.—Price 14e. in boards. PENTALOGIA GR]ECA. Sopho c li s pits Tyrannus, GAN' Coloneue, et Antigone; Euripidie PhorniAsm; et /Eschyli Septem contra Thebas. Quinque ~, a t pralines de eileberrinsa Thebaide Scripts. Anglica Scriptis illuetrayit, et Lexicon vocum difficiliornra adjecit GULIELMUS TROLLOPE, M. A. ‘Aristi Orphanotrophie Suhpreceptor, et Aule Pembrolciensis spud Cantsbrigienses nuperrime Alumnus, Printed for C. and J. Airington, St. Paul's Church-Yard and Waterloo-Place, Pall-Mall. OCTAVO EDITION OF BISHOP MANT'S FAMILY COMMON PRAYER-BOOK. This day is published, in Two large Volumes, Sva. price U. 4s. in boards, or on Royal Paper, price 1/. 16s. in boards, . rp HE BOOK of COMMON PRAYER, with NOTES Explanatory, Practical, and Historical, from ap proved Writers of the Church of England, selected from the Quarto Edition. fly the Right Rev. RICHARD • MANT, Lord Bishop of Down and. Connor. Oxford, Printed for J. Parker ; and C. and J. Rivington, St. Paul's Claureh-yard, and Waterloo-place, London ; and sold by all Booksellers in Town and Country. Of whom may be had the Quarto Edition, price 1/. 16s. in boards, on medium paper; and al. 121. on royal paper. pOCKNELL'S POTTED SHRIMPS, from T the 'SLR OF WIGHT and CALAIS, Is. 6d. per Put. ii . ilel4l Shrimps have long been proverbial for their delicacy awl ' en "; and wh at renders them peculiarly grateful to the taste, tmd far superior to any others, is their being potted on the spot, Imme diately after being caught ; and as a wholesome and delicious accompaniment to the Breakfast, Luncheon, and Supper Table, !iey are confidently recommended to the notice of the public. 7, 0 d • whol esa l e an d reta il , at J . POCKNELL . II Shell and Dried Fish Warehouse, 173, Fleet-street ; and retail, at most of the !!!alleethble Shell Fish and Italian Oil affarehouies in London.— L liters, the very best Natives, be. per Barrel.' NORTHUMBERLAND. To be SOLD by PUBLIC AUcTION, A " the Turf Hotel, Collingwood-street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on YUr3nA Y the 9 8th day of Novae's's. instant, at Oxis o'clock RI the , afternoon, if .not previously ,disposed of by puivate con tract, of which due notice will be given; (By Mr. SNAITH,) ` A A that Capital MANSION HOUSE, with the GARDEN and GROUND thereto attached, now in the occupation of Mr. William Row. Also all that valuable "A Y or WHARF, with the whole of the ' Ground behind the sine ; and th e comp l ete N ew B u il t CROWN GLASS HOUSE ereon erected, situated at Saint Peter's Quay, adjoining to the et Tyne, where v es s e l * o f t en f ee t wa ter may deliver ; together w l.th the WORKMEN'S HOUSES, STEAM ENGINE, for tWing all the material., and Nut's Months stock of Pots ready work. AP* to Mr. Row, Saint Peter's, who ie prepared to give " ti *factor ' • y information to any persons inclined to become Fur or to Mew.. Bainbridge and Tappenden, or to Masers, ‘ l 2' and Jobling, solicitors, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Nov. 14, 182 G. ASYLUM LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, 70, CORNHILL, LONDON. DIRECTORS. Sir JAMES MACKINTOSH, M. P. Chairmss. THOMAS FRANKLAND LEWIS; Esq. M. P. Deputy T, Chairman. Henry Y ates, E.. Henry F re d. Sterthe I* 4'verpool Capt. C eo, Harris, C.R. Thomas M eux , Est. The Hon. W. Fraser. `John Kymer, Esq. Thomas Fenn, Esq. Francis Kernble, Esq. Lancelot Baugh Allen, Esq. George Parrett, .: 1 P A . - Resident Director. AuniTorts C. W. Hallet, Esq. Foster Reynold: r . 1 ! PHYstctati—John Mason Good, M. 6, J. " Wharum ., E 4 (l. u. S. Guildford-street. Sumaamss.—Benjainin Travers, N . Herbert Mayo, Esq. lu, ticor g ;. s iq t. e i l l a t ri ll er r - u s to lu n a - re st . . PECULIARITIES OF THIS COMPANY. The business is cenfuied to quies rejected by the generality of (Arcs. PERSONS GOING ABROAD. The Assured may go beyond the limits of Europe at any time, at settled rates of Premium ; only paying according to the table or the Economic Life Office, until embarkation. The premiums have been calculated from complete data, thus the rial t o of the East and West Indies,• North and South America, Am. hive been carefully distinguished, and different prices fixed for Civil, Military, and Maritime services. PREGNANT FEMALES. 44 a4rances granted without notice to th e parti e s, and with ou t PL• aorance before a Medical Officer. i, RSONS -. of DELICATE HEALTH, or PECULIAR FORM. nut slight cases the premiums am in many instance* tower than rharged by the generality of Offices to ,persons of robust eslth and frame. vh 0n11,01411 from the Country to b e sen t to t h e R es i dent Director, twill soi p tten gdanc e ive all rironeformation, to sav e the necessity of per . • • a before the Board. .. --... ......11•••••••1•111111111.1111, ZZift TEMPLE Csuncti.--A congregation more iti than usual was drawn to this Church on i i , u ,Nli v to` hear the new Master, the Rev. M r . Ben ",'" M ll idi his first sermon in that capacity. Lord . Fouhl anque , an d a l mos t a ll t h e B enc h ers ° t" Temples, with several other eminent Bar r ist ers , te t itrlY in their places. .~,~a~~- ~__.-/ ~+ THURSDAY I VEkiNG 7 , NOVE i liißra i 6, 1826: ROADS AND MULLING. In whatever foreign country an Englishman travels, 'he complains of the roads, and proceeds thence to draw Comparisons between the track on which his car riage is then going i with the hard, smooth, and firm roads of his .native country. Whilst drawing this comparison, his patriotism (always on the alert abroad, though inactive enough at honze), receives additional stimulants as he is every now and then pretty foicibly reminded of the execrable state of the road by a vio lent jolt; and it is well, indeed, if the breaking of an axle, the destruction of a wheel, or some other unto ward accident, does not leave him at leisure t o p ursue his compari son , s i tt i ng by the side of the object of it, and gazing i n d espa i r at the apparently interminable .straight line 'it is his fate to travel, before the sight of g‘iod cheer shall,bless From the roads, the transition is easy to the beasts of the draft (mis called horses), lie sees united, seemingly by the hap piest chance, to his carriage, and from the beasts of draft he goes to the vehicle (if not his owii), and curses the ill-starred event which perched him a pas senger on the crazy laudeau. Of all these compari sons, the travelling and the roads, the horses and travelling vehicles of England, form the burden ; as if England was the only place in the world where a' road, properly so called, was to be found, or ever had been, and as if this was the tic plus ultra age of road-making and travelling, even in England. Poor man ! how entirely mistaken he is, the Romans knew and practised as much of both one and the other as we ourselves, for it was a grand maxim of Roman policy, ?layer to consider a country conquered until means of easy and rapid communication between it and Rome had been formed. Accordingly, we see that all the chief cities of all the immense provinces forming the Empire. of Rome were connected with one another, and filially with the capital, by public highways, which issuing from the Forum of Rome, traversed Italy, and pervaded the provinces, and ter minated only by the frontiers of the Empire; nay more, the distances upon these roads were alternately marked by mile stones. The toads ran in a direct line from one city to another, and with very little respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property. Mountains were perforated, and bold arches thrown over the broadest and mast rapid streams. The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace, which commanded the adjacent country; consisted of several strata of sand, gravel, and cement, and was paved with large stones. Such was the solid construction of Ro man hiFhways, whose firmness has hot entirely yielded to the influence of fifteen centuries. The several Ro man roads (viz, the Ichnil way, the Watling -street, and many others) which now traverse the United Kingdom, may be cited as good proofs of this fact. In this Manlier a regular communication. was ed from Edinburgh' to Rome, anti thence to Jerusa- Jere, being a clistance•of 3740 English miles. Having thus secured roads, the advantage of receiv ing the earliest intelligence, and of conveying their orders with celerity, induced the Roman Emperors :to establish throughout their extensive dominions, the regular institution of posts ; houses were every where erected at the distance of only five or six miles; each of them was constantly provided with forty horses, and by the help of these relays, it was easy to travel 100 miles a-day along a Roman road. The use Of these posts was allowed to those who claimed it by imperial mandate, but though originally intended for the public service, it was sometimes indulged to the business or convenience of private citizens. Thus, in the time of Theodosius Ctesarias, a magistrate of high rank went post from Antioch to Constantinople ; he began his journey at night, was in Capp a d ocia (165 miles from Antioch) the ensuing evening, and arrived at Conitati tinople the sixth day about noon ; the whole distnnee being 665 miles. ['he use , however, of the public posts by private persons must have been of rare occur rence, as Pliny, a favourite and a minister, made an apology for granting p os t-h orses t o hi s w ir e on the most urgent business. We have not been able to trace the establishment of stagacoaches to the Romani,* but it seems hardly possible, that so populous a city as Rome, a place from and to which so many persons must have been constantly going and coming, could be with Out conveniences of such a nature, to facilitate and' expedite loco-motion. he `lf the writer o f t hi s i nterest i ng art i c l e will turn to Juvenal, ill find that the Satirist makes a passing allusion to the habit of familiarly jerking up the elbow, which the stage coachmen— for ha mentions a public vehicle—had of old, in common with our modern whips, whensoever they wished to give the go-by to an acquaintance. The passage is unimportant, except from this littl e characteristic trait, and may easily escape detectio4.---Eolroa.) From a register kept since 17 97, November is proved to be the dampest month of the whole year. A very , numerous meeting of th e Shi p-owners of Sunderland was held in th e E x ch ange at that place on Friday l ast , at which it was determined to co-operate with the Ship - owners of the Tyne, in instructing the Coal - factore in L on d on not to sell any more coals at the present ruinous prices. It was also deter petition Parliament to adopt some means for improving thrnined to the foreign trade, which is at the lowest ebb, and also that .a deputation should, if necessary, he sent to London, to represent the state of th e t ra d e generally to Mini s t ers. , We know not who may have the appointment or cootroul of the watchman or porter who is stationed it night to the door leading enreteon Saturday night last, as maY possess such contrail, 4,11 scandalous conduct on t w o it t h h i e n ß th oy e a an A tra ca n d c e e m to y ; So b m ut er w se h t- oe h v o e u r ee, close we hee would d o f bs t h g e can wall be exposed. An old respectable-looking man, who evi dently midge within Somerset-house, ca me n .. to call t e h ta ei t r io a n t ed tent t i h o o to the iron gate, which Warn elo*Cdo about twelve o'clock, pursued en,by a rott wh struck hint severa l bl ows . The old man demanded . of the watch man inside, who clearly knew that he was a resident of the place, to open t h e gate And protect him against hi s b nitai assailant, who was a powerful young man; bet instead of opening the gate, the fellow Stood inside laughing at the attack, a an `• it Will several mi nutes before even the indignant remonstrance of the passers - by could induce him to let the old man in. He did, however, at length open the gate, but in lotting the old man in, h e a l so t oo k care to admit his assailant, and they cloned the gate. The old man, now without the protection of the crowd outside, was again furiously attacked, and knocked about in a most brutal manner, while the Watchman stood b enjoying the amusement and encou raging the unequal conflict, a lthough several genu e „, were call ing to hint from without to interfere, and threatening to report , him, but he heeded them not, until , fou r , Or C'e had actually cow rneneed sealing the gate to rescue the o ld luau, when the fellow, at length, opened the gate and let out his fillow-rufflan,"who was isstantly eel* by th e i n di gnan t spectators, en d ! ,, t - ter a . tiesptwate resistance was lodged ittthe opposite watch -house. Ought such a porter or guardian of the night as this to be continued in his office?...- Times. it. ',., - -_.l ..'i ' ,-.. c , ...Aftm , ..i...., , -.l3fm--i'e '..4t, N. 2 Q/ • _ "' ' t • t t'..:•,.., ~ ,, , , , , , -.o r . ..1„.....) t - , .., , , ~_ • ~. , .-7- i - , .„--,-. Ft, % Ar , , ...',( 4 1 0" I A .g,. , 4, - \ 4'' j 4 .2 -.4 ' "7, ' ' i,0 ., 7 91%. ~ 4 , " ...:,,T,7.--, ....:0‘ 4 P .' 'h... i . l 4 `.- -4 A : ••-+, , 4,, u .. i: 14::. z . - '4. 1 -,t '.;;,,, ,--' • / ~- 0 ' ~, , 7; .--- i i: , It''''" a ~.%., o , - 1 , ii, , A , ,tp- -,- - iIA - - 4 'wait - . "4104 '",:r .mq 6.,„ , ,kn 4.; , ' - ..us 1, 11: ,,,k i . , rh. , 6 ' ~t ) 4„.,..,.}i, „, v A it i-I--- ; ...,„ ~-,.. A I. , lilt , '• 4 fx. . No. 10,666. LITERATURE. FRIENDSHIP'S OFFERING, ISM Another—and yet another," of these graceful an nuals comes before us for 1827, recommended by the usual abundance of talent. The name of J. K. Hervey indeed, distinguished as it is in the world of Poetic. Literature, gives a strong assurance of merit to any work of which he is professedly the Editor; and the publication before us in no respect disappoints ex pectation. There is, however, one fault which we find with this, in common with the Souvenir, Amulet, and others of the same stamp, namely, the distressing abundance of mere poetry that is scattered lavishly throughout it. In an age when this talent is so rife that it abounds in every quarter where literature can exert in fluence, poetry should be either surpassingly goat& be not inserted at aii. Every One in the present day is a poet, so much so that if in a crowd one man happens to run against another, ten to one that other is a poet. Mr. Croly's lines on the Contadina, however, have both " mark and likelihood" to distinguish them from the more ignoble herd of rhymeders, and we therefore select them fin insertion. The CONTADINA DICTATING HER LOVE-LETTER. SY THE RIM GIORGI CROLY. Come, thou old unlovi ng S cr ib e, ThOu shalt have a no bl e b r ib e; Vhoose it,—medal, coin, or gem , U pas ring, or coral stem ; like thy pen and tell m y l ove , to earth, and he aven a b ove; to every sainted m a id, watelid, and wept, a n d pray'd— him, with their wi ngs , t o stoop , ere he steers his bold ch a l ou p e ; or him, in the sullen night, When the storm is in his might ; O'er him, in the fearful day, When the lance and sabre play; And the soldier's hour is knolled, Stretched upon the sanguine mould ; Him on surge, or him on steed, Still to spare, and still to speed ! Listen now. !- I Tis vain, 'tis vain ; What can read the burning brain ? What can tell the thousandth part Of the agonies of heart, Secrets, that the spirit keeps, Thoughts on which it wakes and weeps; To the mortal ear unknown, Kept for night and heaven alone ! Old man, tell him of the tale Written in this cheek so pale ; Wild, and often, has the tear Washed the rose that once was there. Tell him of my heavy sigh, Deep as from the lips that die; Of ray eyes' decaying beam ; Life departing like a stream. Tell him of my weary day. 1)4 him, Oh,* all but stay ; if he would not see my tomb, Bid him come, and—swiftly cpme! " Floranthe," by T. K. Hervey, is an exquisite poem, fraught with feeling, taste, and all that charac twins and adorns good poetry; from it we quote the following lovely passage, which no writer of the present day, we think, can surpass :-- Our love hath perish'd, like the sound Mat dies, And leaves no echo ; like the eastern day That has no twilight—like the lonely dower Flung forth to wither on the wind, that wastes Even it's perfume—dead, Ploranthe, dead, With all the precious thoughts on which it fed, And all the hopes which made it beautiful— Sound, light, and perfume gone—and gone for ever. And art thou come again ? It may not be. Oh ! beautiful thou art ; but on thy brow Sits the dim shadowy thing which only haunts Where hearts are wafted ; and thine eye is sad As moonlieht when it sleeps upon a grave. • The last simile, 'for depth of tenderness and wild , • • • hiess of fancy, is perfect. Th e pictorial pa rt of this elegant annual deserves almost equal credit with the literary portion. The' splendid engraving of , g Alex ander and Diogenes," (executed, we conceive, with more spirit than the one in the Souvenir) is alone worth the price of the volume, and as we hare been giien td understand, will be bold alone at the same rate. Altogether, we may say of " Friendship's Offer ing" what old Paoli said some time since of the free dom of Corsica, " Sato perpetua." VIRTUE. From that elegant little work entitled the Sabhath Muse.) say where is virtue bred ! 'Tis not in courts or camps, the seats of fame, Nor in the crowd where folly still is first, Nor is it pinned to fashion's changing sleeve, Where every colour takee its turn to shine ; Nor will its manly tone be echoed there Where languid beaux address ex h aus t e d b e ll es In words that faint, and thoughts that will not form N o ; 'tie in bumble and in troubled scenes The hopeful nurseling thrives. Adversity Knows best to rear it: like the oak, it grows Against the storm ; and, Al the dawn awoke I n & l imp, and creation from the fogs of duos burst in glory,--oftener climbs Through cloud and tempest to the hills of light Than by the side of ease in safety strolls O'er the wide campaign where the sun is free. Not even the poor reward of being known And loved awaits sweet virtue, seldom praised. We've seen how evils cross her rugged path; But her chief foe is that with forked tongue, The demon Slander. Other wrongs may cut, And deeply too but this assassinates. 'Tis p o i son mixed with sound,--ltis murder aimed At virtue'. being,—.'tis a thievish lie That steals from worth and gives to envy,--lis A foul a b use of breath, an d l ungs , and thought, And °ars, and hearts, and every organ used To strik e or to imbibe the curse d s t a i n ; It h ap , on in nocence t h e s h a me of guilt, I t goes to guilt the laugh at innocence, Than Eattlw.°it, wake the rnuoie of the moral sphere, Like lightnin " in his rebellion against Heaven Pure eyes, wh f or it must worse darts through all degrees of crime, To pull d o g th rough ' the thin folds of the air,— en virtue then T o wound thaw to All to build up pride, That, in thos e d een ' a S lV , And can it be, The Anish and the'doe3ttnds';',,vei,bwehnortldh The name of life to wit -;„ To cast one look of hot a~ce round, Confess one honest p ang , o ' ud - Z,7 Disgusted, bitter to ---erary enao, Theatre has Itilaecuw s the edifi ce, exclusive of tl I • St and 232 fat broad. It is calcillated itu t 4 b"n coliStriicted i erietyle, is 428 feet song, out crowding. o bold 8,000 pi ll ions with- -4444 1 V CL . 7 ; • PRICE 71) LAW INTELLidENCiIi COURT OF JUNO'S BENCH. —Nov. 15. CRIMINAL INECIAMATION......THE KING V. BADNALL. Mr. 131a6oiliiA5t thiA day showed canes against a rule obtained in the course of last term , iaiiiiig du the defendant, a banker, re siding at Leek, in the county of Stafford, td slims rause why u criminal information should not be tiled against -him, for having on the 3d of June List shook his horsewhip over Mr. Gaunt, an attorney and banker, of the same town, "calling im a coward if he did not resent The learned counsel read the affidavit of the defendant, stating that Mr. Gaunt had been employed profes sionally by a plumber and glazier of the town of Lea, to recover from the defendant the amount of his account for work dune for hint : some of the items the defendant disputed, and with the ex ception of them, he offered to pay the amount. The defendant and prosecutor hid been on such friendly terms, that 00 the 24 of June the prosecutor had been invited by the defendant to din e with hie) and a patty of friends at hi s h o u s e, which the prosecutor de clined ; and on that day wrote a letter to the khitulitort, rpm mincing " Dear Richard," ropes ttilig • thErspiirinent of the plumber's Account by four o'clock that afternoon : this lerter the defendant did, not receive till half-past three o'clock, and as Mr. Gaunt !tad stated that be wan 'going out of town at four o'clock, the settlement of that account was almost impossible ; yet in two hours afterwards, the defendant was arrested on his way home, about a mile out of the town of Leek, upon a writ sued out by the prosecutor for his client, and brought hack publicly into the town by the sheriff's officer and his follower, where he gave bail. lie (Mr. Brougham) did not mean to justify the conduct of his client, but he submitted that there was great aggravation in the conduct of the prosecutor, such as would not entitle him to the extraor. dinary interference of this Court, which he trusted would leave the defendant to the usual remedy of preferring an indictment before a grand jury. s' Mr. Guerin', in support of the rule, maintained, that the conduct of his client was not in the slightest ~lpirc e culpable. It would appear by his affidavit, that he had directed the sheriff's officer to execute the writ in the most private and respectful manner, and not at the banking-house of the defendant. Attor nies must he protected in the discharge of their duty to their clients; and although the defendant had been so violent in his conduct towards Mr. (Aunt, be bad nevex since thought proper to offer any apology. The Loan CHM' JUSTICE.—The rule must be discharged, on the payment of costs. We don't approve of the conduct of either party; and by disposing of the rule in 'this way, we shell probably hear no more of the transaction.—Rule discharged accordingly. YOWLER V. Mr. Serjeant Vs.uuttAx stated the case to the Jury. It rims an action for 241., being an account owing to the pltintiff, and incurred by the defendant in the year 1820, which the latter irefined to pay. The case was undefended, and the Learned Ser. jeant then eatled, Robert Fowler, son of the plaintiff, who was his apprentice in 1820, proved the incurring of the account, and that ihe had ap plied frequently to the defendant in 1821, for payment, when the latter refused on the ground that he should b e a ll owe d a deduction and 28$. for an o verc harge in the account on lead ; witness of fered him lßs. to have done with the matter, which seduced the amount to the shove sum of 24/. but he still refused payment.— Verdict for the plaintiff. SKETCHES IN AFRICA. MADE DURING THE SURVET OF THE COAST OE THAT VIONTINENT IN HIS MAJEATT'S slurs LEVEN ANn EARRACOEITA, . , . No. 111. !Either in union or otherwise, the expedition made re poated visits t o Mozambique, the grand emporium of Eastern Africa, wi c h was r i c h, consp i cuous, and flourishillg, long before it became blessed with European visitors. It was found to be inhabited by that description of people whe) the Portuguese distinguish by the appellation of Moors, to whom the sole trade of these seas belonged. The capa bility of such a harbour as Mozambique could not escape the notice of such seamen as the Portuguese, and its central situation, also, influenced their determination, w hi c h i s most eligible for the command of the trade of the east coast, Madagascar, Arabia, and the Red Sea. The mer chants of this place derived their opulence, and the rity'it A magnificence, from the the immense Slave Trade, which was till lately carried on ; but with the decline of that traffic, every Portuguese settlement must suffer. It affords to an Englishman but little of what he esteems comfort or convenience. The only house which could receive him in the manner of an inn was kept by an Anglo-Dutch lady from the Cape, who had married a Portuguese merchant residing here, Madame Sophie by name, who, speaking various languages, was extremely useful, and extendediher civility to every description of service. Don Pedro, her consort, though he had convicted her in several lapses, and forgiven them, would not peas over one which occurred just hefore our last visit, by reason, is he said, that the offence was committed with a Frenchman, a nation whom he most heartily d es pi se d an d detested, and we found that Pedro had disappeared with the entire property, leaving Madame destitute and friendless, and her mansion present ing nothing but cheerless walls to the visitor. On the first visit the Expedition made to this port, one of our people was punished round the squadron for some disrespect offered to the Governor. The Portuguese were very much surprised at the nature of the punishment, and it no doubt created much speculation among the thousands of negroes that witnessed it, the infliction of it upon a white man being to them a perfect novelty. It created also some considerable murmur and dissatisfaction on board, for Jack knows about as well as his Master the tia ture,and Measure of the law he serves under. On another occasion, and perhaps in return for the preceding com pliment, the Governor sent off one of his soldiers to be treated as was thought fit, for omitting the customary salute to an officer of the Leven, when passing his pest. This culprit , after drinking a gre a t er share of spirits than his entire company ever received in a month, was returned to his garrison, quite delighted with the kind of treatment lie had experienced, and some few days after made up his mind to desert, and offered himself as a volunteer to the Leven. In 1824, the Viceroy bad but one officer unbiassed by affairs of the Mother Country, to whom he dared entrust tiof the Citadel. This was c o l one l Si r n eon, an old custody oldpranchman, who had been many years in the Pm-. tnguese service. He appeared an open, artless, blunt old soldier, qualities thought to be extremely rare here. th p ro f esses never to have had any concern in the Slav e his early aversion thereto; but as the GovernmentohTiedray,i was se, poulterer . poultry; b e l l; g o e w ad i lho : der g u depa served him but very indifferently, income by rearing and vend ing'hear liostnghibseen the best, and nearly the . Very few Europeans were among the garrison previous to last year, it being made up. of Indians of Gee, and slaves from Delagest, & c. The Major of this body, the second Officer in command of the Fort, is the only watchmaker and general meelomie the place afforded. In the fi rst ca pacity, howeVer, he did not app ear to us to be either skilful or honest. His snuffs and se gars are said to be excellent. . On the eastern extreme of th e island standithe f ortress of St. Sebastien, the chief defence of the place, a gran d years in its constructions; it' and imposing work, every stone of which was re / I and conveyed hither from India. It was pre pared com eteti in rock base it' stands MO, having occupied three is elevated sixty.tive feet from' the carriages,servieable ; upon ; i t i s provided with cannon of various calibre-- brass brass and iron , about ei g h ty liieces are mouateo on all of - r fabric;' ' ' iron `ordnance emotethe there are none larger than IS. pounders on the parapet, except one very antique piece, iws7teriehninge ..,‘ ;.. ' v 4 ti ~~. . ~,,~ ~L. ~ ~. ;, 16 feet in length, capable of throwing a 10-inch stria • ithot. The merlins of this work ate extremely defective,. having been constructed of small stones. case of en attack, they would prove highly detrimental to the garrison. On the sea face of the work are some low batteries of heavy cannon, calculated for hulling a ship entering the poet. They have but one mortar! the places itself is very open to atomics from thes e ki rl d of projectiles, and a well directed firing from tile feted side, ‘rould in a short time drive every man from the batteries. The centre of the fort, a perfect arophitheatre,is bomb proof, and capable of securing 10,000 men. There are convenient m i litary buildings, a chapel, a well, and two capacious torks, able to contain near 800 trans of water etch. Previous to the reinforcemout and supplier which is re ceived in 1825, every thing living and inanimate,• bore tke appearance of wretchedness. On our final visit, however, tve could not but remark the alteration ; well dressed and appointed - soldier & took place of those motley spectres which before hovered about us ; dashingratropern officers were noticed moving along the streets; and every sentinel we passed, in lien of smoking, lounging, or sleepieg'on his poet, with a musket which would fall to pieces at the thought of being charged, was on tier alert, 'lvied as soldier should he, These changes were introduced by the new Governor, who, in 1f325, was removed hither from Madeira ;. be, and many of his followers, rerved in the Peninsular campaigns, and acqtrifed in that field military lessons, whieh his coun trymen very much needed. He brought the Gotternadma out With him, and his two daughters, youngand extremely beautiful. The Mozambique people had no conception that such loveliness existed; They were the theme of universal admiration. . We happened to be here on the monversery of his Faithful Majesty's birth, in May, 1825. The palace, town, even ing; andthe Viceroy gave a public ball t o t h e i n h a bi tants . i fo ih r forte, The i ;si rt inaevs navy nn ill the port, were illuminated i n the w were splendidly decorated a n d li g h te d ap . A vast number of young ladies of co l our were present, in eluding the Viceroy's family. Every com pl ex i on was be trayed-, from white to nearly the darkness of. jet—of Euro ,pean, Asiatic, and African descent ; displaying it . profusipn of golden ornam e nts, p ear l s , an d di amon d s, but yet little inviting. They went through a variety of quadrille* and waltzes with unexpected grace and address. NVS; bad been so long exiled from entertainment of this kind, that the induced a belief of f rr t i llt scene eed u on ll4( the shores of son ic s tt p la le t ti l t v lo e u b r a a d nd at n l o v v ig el tz fairy land. While the music and fi gur i ng were procee di ng at t h e Palace, the shore and th e h ar b our were en li ghtened by the showers of fire-works that were displayed. In the middle of this entertainment we landed a party at. the jetty, and discharged a number of Congreve rockets of the larger kind. The night was peculiarly adapted for such a gala, and the preceding discharges sunk into nothingness when compared to the vast range and explosion of theseterrifie weapons. he seen Ships in want of supplies will not find Mozambique an eligible place: Port charges,_ and other calmets, ere un commonly high. Stores and provisions are extravagant, and, except indifferent cattle, generally"searce. It is nearly barren of fruits and vegetables, thoeethingsbeing cultivated only by some few of the natives, who raise barely sufficient for the city's comsumption. A number of cocoa nut trees grow on the island and the main, but the demand for the nuts is greater than the produce, and they are generally gathered in a very immature state. . . ' Perhaps the Pagan and Mahoinedan tenets Mite beta too stubborn ,to admit of removal; or the zeal of the Romish Missionaries may have declined under , the burn ing temperature of the place. At all events, it appears to have met with but little success, and ,the general character of the inhabitants of the neighbouring shore, has in no manner departed from what it was at the time of its 'discovery. Assussination is not uncommon at Mozambique. Several II instances occurred during our visits ; one, in particular. upon the master of an English merchantman, WOW WiiiiatlOWll to have been perpetrated 'by an officer of considerable rank, quartered here. The affair, however, passed without in vestigation, and the only cOnsequence this . villian ex perienced, was a certain degree of coolness at the Clo 'vertior's,Levees, only exhibited, probably, when English men were present, 1;011 this amounted to nothing like ex elusion from public festivals. This Murder originated in a love affair. The parties met 'par hazard, at the house of the fair one. Some words occurred, which terminated in the expuleion of the Portu guese by his rival, in the most sttnimary nail uneexemo mons manner that could be devised. - Inflamed With hatred and revenge, the former immediately planned the &sew tion of the E»glishman, and acceniplished it tome few nights after, with the assistance of two slaves, of whom niimbers are here, ready, for a very smell compensation, to lend themselves to such kind of service. They entered the Englishman's window by night, which had been left open far the admission ,of the cooling land breeze:l, and butchered him while sleeping. The chief manufacture of Mozambique is rope, made from, the fibres of the trunk of the cocoa nut, or palm. It is in general use among the vessels belonging to this and similar ports; it is serviceable and lasting for some pur poses, but for cables or hawsers totally unfit for ships which have to navigate rougher seas. It is sold at a very high rate, and its sale forms an indirect revenue to the Governor; and he or his agents have never failed recoils mending it to strangers. The shoals in the vicinity abound with many varieties or curious and beautiful ;shells. The Conchologist might, indeed, here revel to satiety. They are sought for, to wards the finish of every ebb, with earneatness, by the poorer natives, on both sides the harbour, ' for the fish which inhabit them. The shells are neither preserved nor valued ; and' the beach, at every interval of spring tide, is strewed with the fragments of specimens which would form the most' perfect collection existing. hesitation covered a withiuuabout The waters are also well stored with flab, particularly two or three very fine species of spurns, and as these . however; who - form a large part of the food of the inhabitants, the harbour and offing will generally fishing vessels. The canoes used here are very diminu aiti•eeliCaClllldfittenxntez.(enll toelYthemeni:,k;villThmeakPee°uPole' weather, when their occupation requires them, to ' be afloat. Two of our midshipmen were one night returnin g on board in a v e hi c l e o f t hi s kind, and • - 311 CaUtiously moving upset her, and were fast driving to sea, Witl the out ' I _ebb s When their cr i es were heard by the mains?) and a boat being deapatch e d, saved them. . The geographical site ozambutue 0f M • from which he , t prominent p oints of' the west sid e o f Madagascar,- sad islands in the channel, have been measured, it 40.40. East long., end IS. Q. South let. If the foregoing meridian should hereafter prove erroneous; the priceding positions will partake of an equ a l error. Of course wee)* con clude that the latitude cannot be more closely ascertained. It will be Matter of satisfaction to the Commanders of the Company's ships, w a o f all others on their ' way to India, to find the Motembique Channel clearly delineeted. It was not altogether the erestanee of the islands, low itlets, and banks, or the barrier sit sand and rock off the west side of Madagascar,' which deterred 'Commanders f r o m choosin g this route. ' Af f ok,acecs have occasionally been dispatched hence to cross the country to Angola, and other settlem ents on then opposite coast; but we were inforMed that these Mercurys w e re always of the sable description, as the inhabitant* of the interior would, on no account, admit white p ersons within their dominions. This was recently confirmed to us at Angola, though it appears that the custom has more than once been departed from. fawn hire wrestlers soak the soles .of their shoes ire ox.wood for three or font days, and then dry them in *ll great to make them in cutting trim. Some orthowe 'shoes woigh' four pounds! It has been stated, from " high authority," that t h e %hoe which calm wore when he kicked with Polltinghorne, ireiBlitd above three poundal... Rows CArenicle.